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Eric Foner, in Second Founding (2019), notes that the only exclusions discussed in the congressional debates on the 14th Amendment citizenship language were newborns in independent Indian nations and those of foreign diplomats, exactly consistent with the traditional understanding of the Amendment
December 13, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Eric Foner, in Second Founding (2019), notes that the only exclusions discussed in the congressional debates on the 14th Amendment citizenship language were newborns in independent Indian nations and those of foreign diplomats, exactly consistent with the traditional understanding of the Amendment
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The thing you need to understand about the Right is that they are absolutely fine just plain burning down higher education if taking it over ideologically doesn’t work. They’re perfectly happy reducing it to ashes.
From the Oklahoma U student paper: the school is now saying it will automatically suspend faculty (with pay) in response to student complaints
www.oudaily.com/news/ou-poli...
www.oudaily.com/news/ou-poli...
December 14, 2025 at 1:08 AM
The thing you need to understand about the Right is that they are absolutely fine just plain burning down higher education if taking it over ideologically doesn’t work. They’re perfectly happy reducing it to ashes.
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In terms of US politics, Bush v. Gore is the defining event of the century. It set the template: a ruthless right that instinctively seeks power & doesn't give a shit about rule of law...and a bunch of hapless, feckless octogenarian Dems worried about the good opinion of centrist opinion columnists.
The 25th anniversary of Bush v Gore is today. The conspiracy mongering & corruption of the GOP has been brewing for a long time.
Roberts, Barrett and Kavanaugh were all on Bush's legal team, where they pushed unfounded legal theories. SC justices were already enmeshed in voter fraud myths.
Roberts, Barrett and Kavanaugh were all on Bush's legal team, where they pushed unfounded legal theories. SC justices were already enmeshed in voter fraud myths.
Here's Sandra Day O'Connor endorsing News Max levels of voter fraud conspiracies in the 2000 election.
December 12, 2025 at 6:53 PM
In terms of US politics, Bush v. Gore is the defining event of the century. It set the template: a ruthless right that instinctively seeks power & doesn't give a shit about rule of law...and a bunch of hapless, feckless octogenarian Dems worried about the good opinion of centrist opinion columnists.
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Universal basic income will reduce crime. That crime didn't go down in the Finland pilot does not disprove that, and it definitely doesn't disprove the causation of crime by poverty, nor support the eugenics view that crime is in the genes like Elon appears to grossly believe.
Elon Musk is Wrong About Basic Income and Crime: Here is the Pile of Evidence He Ignored
Why Elon Musk is wrong about the Finland experiment, and why we must stop ignoring the massive body of evidence that proves poverty is a policy choice that drives crime
scottsantens.substack.com
December 13, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Universal basic income will reduce crime. That crime didn't go down in the Finland pilot does not disprove that, and it definitely doesn't disprove the causation of crime by poverty, nor support the eugenics view that crime is in the genes like Elon appears to grossly believe.
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Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
December 13, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
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Bovino, the man overseeing mass deportations, publicly declared that we must all have our papers on us, at all times, or we could be stopped, harassed, kidnapped, and detained, as they did with the man in this case, who is a US citizen.
December 13, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Bovino, the man overseeing mass deportations, publicly declared that we must all have our papers on us, at all times, or we could be stopped, harassed, kidnapped, and detained, as they did with the man in this case, who is a US citizen.
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If you would like to understand Benny's principles, here's a story. While at IJR on the day of the 2015 Roanoke shooting, Benny cried in the newsroom. Not because of the shooting itself, but because we told him he wasn't allowed to post the video of the murder on the website.
Benny Johnson had perhaps the best 2025 of any streamer on the right, drawing more than 1 billion YouTube views as he hobnobbed with Trump administration power players and GOP elites.
His job is to have no principles. Business is booming. www.mediamatters.org/benny-johnso...
His job is to have no principles. Business is booming. www.mediamatters.org/benny-johnso...
MAGA influencer Benny Johnson’s job is to have no principles. Business is booming.
www.mediamatters.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:24 PM
If you would like to understand Benny's principles, here's a story. While at IJR on the day of the 2015 Roanoke shooting, Benny cried in the newsroom. Not because of the shooting itself, but because we told him he wasn't allowed to post the video of the murder on the website.
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People are worried about Trump not leaving office in 2029 but they should be more worried about the Supreme Court enabling perpetual Republican rule by overturning what remains of the Voting Rights Act and campaign finance laws. SCOTUS has those cases this term.
25 years ago today, SCOTUS elected George W Bush president of the United States by blocking completion of a voting canvass in Florida. A subsequent canvass by the Associated Press showed that Bush's rival, Al Gore, had won the race in Florida—and thus the contest for the presidency—by 700 votes.
December 12, 2025 at 6:45 PM
People are worried about Trump not leaving office in 2029 but they should be more worried about the Supreme Court enabling perpetual Republican rule by overturning what remains of the Voting Rights Act and campaign finance laws. SCOTUS has those cases this term.
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AP on Trump now, and Biden in June 2022.
For Trump, declining to 36 percent approval is “good news.”
For Biden, holding steady at 41% is “a source of concern.”
For Trump, declining to 36 percent approval is “good news.”
For Biden, holding steady at 41% is “a source of concern.”
December 12, 2025 at 7:39 AM
AP on Trump now, and Biden in June 2022.
For Trump, declining to 36 percent approval is “good news.”
For Biden, holding steady at 41% is “a source of concern.”
For Trump, declining to 36 percent approval is “good news.”
For Biden, holding steady at 41% is “a source of concern.”
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It appears within a couple of weeks more bills will be passed via discharge petition than by the majority party which.. yeah. What this means is Johnson is speaker in name only and has lost the house.
Congress scholars, is it a good sign for the incumbent majority party's chances of staying in power when the minority is able to pass legislation repeatedly using discharge petitions?
I've staffed two impeachment trials...
I've battled a Rule 19 fight....
But never have I ever been a part of a successful House discharge petition... UNTIL TODAY.
Thank you, Congress, for passing the Protect America's Workforce Act to restore fed workers' union rights.
Senate, it's your turn.
I've battled a Rule 19 fight....
But never have I ever been a part of a successful House discharge petition... UNTIL TODAY.
Thank you, Congress, for passing the Protect America's Workforce Act to restore fed workers' union rights.
Senate, it's your turn.
December 12, 2025 at 2:05 AM
It appears within a couple of weeks more bills will be passed via discharge petition than by the majority party which.. yeah. What this means is Johnson is speaker in name only and has lost the house.
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Scientists have discovered the oldest evidence to date of the deliberate creation of new fires. The strata these tools come from are 400,000 years old, a time when the resident hominids were Neanderthals, not Homo sapiens
Humans were lighting fires from scratch a lot earlier than previously thought
A 400,000-year-old tinderbox is found in eastern England
econ.st
December 12, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Scientists have discovered the oldest evidence to date of the deliberate creation of new fires. The strata these tools come from are 400,000 years old, a time when the resident hominids were Neanderthals, not Homo sapiens
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Jena Friedman: Treat Nazis Like You Treat Women | CONAN on TBS
YouTube video by Team Coco
www.youtube.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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This was one of many goals of these arrests
ICE arrests are forcing American moms to leave their jobs
A new analysis shows that increased immigration enforcement is reducing labor in the child care workforce. The ripple effect is impacting mothers with young children.
19thnews.org
December 11, 2025 at 11:59 PM
This was one of many goals of these arrests
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BREAKING: Indiana Republicans FAILED to pass a new 9-0 congressional gerrymander after enough GOP senators sided with Dems. The GOP's 7-2 map stays in place.
Trump is trying to re-gerrymander maps nationwide. At least 11 Indiana Rs got death threats after he called for primaries—but it still failed
Trump is trying to re-gerrymander maps nationwide. At least 11 Indiana Rs got death threats after he called for primaries—but it still failed
December 11, 2025 at 9:35 PM
BREAKING: Indiana Republicans FAILED to pass a new 9-0 congressional gerrymander after enough GOP senators sided with Dems. The GOP's 7-2 map stays in place.
Trump is trying to re-gerrymander maps nationwide. At least 11 Indiana Rs got death threats after he called for primaries—but it still failed
Trump is trying to re-gerrymander maps nationwide. At least 11 Indiana Rs got death threats after he called for primaries—but it still failed
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Democratic leadership didn’t want to stick their necks out for him. The GOP didn’t want him even referred to as a “Maryland man.” Sen. Chris Van Hollen, his congressional representative fought for him. And we should never forget any of this. apnews.com/article/abre...
Kilmar Abrego Garcia freed from federal immigration detention, his attorney's office says
Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been released from an immigration detention center in Pennsylvania following an order from a federal judge issued Thursday, according to his attorney’s office.
apnews.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Democratic leadership didn’t want to stick their necks out for him. The GOP didn’t want him even referred to as a “Maryland man.” Sen. Chris Van Hollen, his congressional representative fought for him. And we should never forget any of this. apnews.com/article/abre...
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Fuck norms and tradition. Just do the right thing and help people. www.oliverexplains.com/p/eff-rules-...
Eff Rules, Do Good: Towards A New Liberalism
Be Super, Man
www.oliverexplains.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Fuck norms and tradition. Just do the right thing and help people. www.oliverexplains.com/p/eff-rules-...
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This is the second discharge petition that has successfully led to House passage of legislation in the last 6 weeks.
There is a third on a congressional stock trading ban, and it can pass if Jeffries leans into it.
prospect.org/2025/12/11/h...
There is a third on a congressional stock trading ban, and it can pass if Jeffries leans into it.
prospect.org/2025/12/11/h...
December 11, 2025 at 10:37 PM
This is the second discharge petition that has successfully led to House passage of legislation in the last 6 weeks.
There is a third on a congressional stock trading ban, and it can pass if Jeffries leans into it.
prospect.org/2025/12/11/h...
There is a third on a congressional stock trading ban, and it can pass if Jeffries leans into it.
prospect.org/2025/12/11/h...
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I take more than my share of shots at Quinn Emanuel but they have done great and difficult work, at substantial risk to the firm, for Abrego Garcia. Sincere thanks and respect.
December 11, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I take more than my share of shots at Quinn Emanuel but they have done great and difficult work, at substantial risk to the firm, for Abrego Garcia. Sincere thanks and respect.
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Meta has removed or restricted dozens of accounts belonging to abortion access providers, queer groups and reproductive health organisations in the past weeks in what campaigners call one of the “biggest waves of censorship” on its platforms in years.
Meta shuts down global accounts linked to abortion advice and queer content
More than 50 organisations report sites being restricted or removed, with abortion hotlines blocked and posts showing non-explicit nudity triggering warnings
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Meta has removed or restricted dozens of accounts belonging to abortion access providers, queer groups and reproductive health organisations in the past weeks in what campaigners call one of the “biggest waves of censorship” on its platforms in years.
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EXCLUSIVE: Epstein survivors and Senate Democrats ask for audit to determine if Epstein files have been "tampered with"
Just filed ===>
www.cbsnews.com/news/epstein...
Just filed ===>
www.cbsnews.com/news/epstein...
Epstein survivors and Senate Democrats ask for audit to determine if Epstein files have been "tampered with"
Survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's sex crimes and a group of Democrats are asking for a review of the Epstein case files to determine whether the records have been "tampered" with or concealed, ahead of a...
www.cbsnews.com
December 11, 2025 at 11:02 AM
EXCLUSIVE: Epstein survivors and Senate Democrats ask for audit to determine if Epstein files have been "tampered with"
Just filed ===>
www.cbsnews.com/news/epstein...
Just filed ===>
www.cbsnews.com/news/epstein...
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Dems: let’s help the sick & poor
Repubs: let’s help the healthy & wealthy
(Both plans will fail the senate)
*Seems like the real headline is Republicans aren’t even trying to repeal Obamacare anymore*
ALSO: Making a broken system less bad is NOT an answer. #MedicareForAllNOW
Repubs: let’s help the healthy & wealthy
(Both plans will fail the senate)
*Seems like the real headline is Republicans aren’t even trying to repeal Obamacare anymore*
ALSO: Making a broken system less bad is NOT an answer. #MedicareForAllNOW
December 11, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Dems: let’s help the sick & poor
Repubs: let’s help the healthy & wealthy
(Both plans will fail the senate)
*Seems like the real headline is Republicans aren’t even trying to repeal Obamacare anymore*
ALSO: Making a broken system less bad is NOT an answer. #MedicareForAllNOW
Repubs: let’s help the healthy & wealthy
(Both plans will fail the senate)
*Seems like the real headline is Republicans aren’t even trying to repeal Obamacare anymore*
ALSO: Making a broken system less bad is NOT an answer. #MedicareForAllNOW
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December 11, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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I don't know if it's possible for Democrats to make a federal judge a mainstream issue in the 2026 midterms. But if anything like this is ever going to work, it's "Emil Bove is a corrupt war crimes enthusiast who attends Trump rallies for fun, and we will impeach him on our first days in office"
Emil Bove Will Always Be a Trump Rallygoer First
Trump demands loyalty from his judicial nominees. As Emil Bove demonstrated on Tuesday, his nominees are very comfortable with displaying that loyalty in public.
ballsandstrikes.org
December 11, 2025 at 2:57 AM
I don't know if it's possible for Democrats to make a federal judge a mainstream issue in the 2026 midterms. But if anything like this is ever going to work, it's "Emil Bove is a corrupt war crimes enthusiast who attends Trump rallies for fun, and we will impeach him on our first days in office"
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You might think from the headline that this is a story about a trans kid suffering medical consequences from a large drug dose but nope! It is just an interview with an estranged father who is angry that his child happily transitioned.
archive.ph/Tmthz
archive.ph/Tmthz
December 10, 2025 at 7:20 PM
You might think from the headline that this is a story about a trans kid suffering medical consequences from a large drug dose but nope! It is just an interview with an estranged father who is angry that his child happily transitioned.
archive.ph/Tmthz
archive.ph/Tmthz